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The Center for Afro-American Studies was established in 1972, and began granting degrees within the College of Arts and Sciences in 1979. The Center became the Department of Africana Studies in 1993, and the Department of African and African American Studies in 1999.

40th Anniversary Events (2012-2013)

September 20
Retrieving the History of the Black Atlantic
Mini-Conference, presentations by three scholars Stalker Hall 102, 7:00-9:00

October 20
Student Activism at I. S. U.: Founding the African and African
American Studies Program
Public Forum, University Hall Theater, 3:00-4:30
Reception following, University Hall Atrium

November 27 Isabel Wilkerson, author of
Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story
of America's Great Migration Public Lecture on the book, University Hall Theater, 7:00-
Reception and book signing following, University Hall Atrium

February 10
School of Music Wind and Percussion Scholarship Concert
Directed by Prof. Roby George, I. S. U. School of Music
“American Guernica,” a dedicated to the victims of the 16th Street
Baptist Church bombing, and pieces honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.
and Rosa Parks; guest performers are Mojah Tuba, including Prof.
Jimmy Finney, I. S. U. School of MusicTilson Music Hall, 4:00-6:00

March 5Thavolia Glymph, Duke University, historian of
slavery and southern women,
author of Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the
Plantation Household. Public Lecture, “Rosa's War: Enslaved
Women in i
the Battle for Freedom in the Civil War,” University Hall Theater,
7:00 PM